Clinical applications of resting coronary flow detection via transthoracic echocardiography
Beyond being a component of coronary flow velocity reserve, resting coronary blood flow is recognized as a clinically relevant measure, providing hemodynamic, diagnostic, and prognostic information across some cardiovascular diseases. With advancements in high-frequency transducers and imaging protocols, transthoracic coronary artery imaging has become increasingly non-invasive, practical, and useful. This review aims to summarize the clinical value and applications of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to assess coronary blood flow at rest.
Authors
- Ruohan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5255-1299)
- Xiong Yang
- Liqiong Shi
- Qing Lv (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9394-7452)
- Siyi Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7730-9546)
- Zixuan He
- Jia Xu
- Xin Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0047-3134)
Institutions
- Union Hospital (HK)
- Wuhan Union Hospital (CN)
- Union Hospital (CN)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2025.1641896
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00